Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - White Deer, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in White Deer who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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